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にほん
日本
きょう
今日
ある
かがく
科学
ぎじゅつ
技術
しんぽ
進歩
ためである
Technological progress has made Japan what she is.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
noun
Japan
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1
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. today; this day
2. these days; recently; nowadays  (this meaning is restricted to reading こんにち)
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1
irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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1
noun
science
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1
noun
1. technology; engineering
2. technique; skill
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progress; advance; improvement; development  (opposite: 退歩)
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noun
1. good; advantage; benefit; welfare  (see also: 為に; often written with kana only)
2. sake; purpose; objective; aim  (often written with kana only)
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ホン   book   もと origin   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
コン   キン   いま now   
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assembly, gathering   
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katakana fu   
カ    department   
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grain
ト    Big Dipper   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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dot   
ガク   まな to learn   
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シ   ス   こ child   
classroom
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small
cover; covered   
ギ   わざ technique   
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hand
シ   ささえる to support   
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また again   
ジュツ    technique   
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dotted ho
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katakana 'ho'; tree
コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆ    い to go   おこな to take place   
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step
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
シン   すす to advance   すすめる to promote, push   
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little bird
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move
ホ   フ   ブ   ある    あゆ to walk   
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ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
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